During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
ADOLF GALLANDWhich in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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And for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.
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As interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
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